For God shall be our King this day,
And I'll be general under.'"
W. W. E. T.
66. Warwick Square, Belgravia.
The lines here referred to occur in the old ballad of Boyne Water, some fragments of which are given in Duffy's Ballad Poetry of Ireland, 5th edition, p. 248. They are supposed to have been spoken by William III. on the death of the Duke Schomberg.
"Both horse and foot they marched on, intending them to batter,
But the brave Duke Schomberg he was shot, as he crossed over the water.
When that King William he observed the brave Duke Schomberg falling,
He rein'd his horse, with a heavy heart, on the Enniskilleners calling:
'What will you do for me, brave boys? See yonder men retreating;